FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

No! The products were never advertised as harmless or free from risks and damages. Whoever says this is very mistaken!

Electronic cigarettes are bad for your health.

However, it is important to make a comparison with traditional cigarettes, as electronic cigarettes are being used around the world, by millions of people, to replace one thing with another.

Comparing electronic cigarettes with conventional cigarettes, there is a very large reduction in inhaled substances, both in variety and mainly in dose.

According to the largest scientific review, carried out by King’s College of London, one of the most important academic institutions in the world, electronic cigarettes offer 95% lower risks than the consumption of traditional cigarettes, resulting in only a small fraction of the risks of smoking. smoke.

Yes! Demographic and population data from several countries, including the United States, New Zealand, England, Sweden and many others, clearly show the number of adult smokers decreasing while the number of electronic cigarette consumers increases, in a total exchange of one product for another .

Electronic cigarettes are proven to be a way out of smoking.

Major scientific and statistical reviews have already been carried out, proving that electronic cigarettes are more effective for stopping smoking than patches, chewing gum and medicines.

The Cochrane Library, an independent institution with thousands of volunteer scientists, the gold standard of scientific reviews according to the WHO – World Health Organization, declared with a high degree of certainty (maximum level of conclusion) that electronic cigarettes are the most effective way of if you stop smoking.

Yes! The act of “smoking” means “inhaling smoke”. Electronic cigarettes do not produce combustion or smoke, creating an aerosol in the form of vapor that contains much fewer substances than combustion cigarettes and at levels up to hundreds of times lower.

No.

According to Google:

Smoking is a drug addiction characterized by psychological dependence on tobacco consumption.

Google uses Oxford Languages, the world’s largest dictionary publisher, with more than 150 years’ experience in designing and creating reference dictionaries in more than 50 languages.

According to FIOCRUZ – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Smoking is “The act of consuming cigarettes or other products containing tobacco, the drug or active ingredient of which is nicotine.”

E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, but may contain nicotine.

Nicotine is an addictive substance found in several plants. The highest concentration of nicotine is found in the tobacco leaf, which is extracted and processed, which is why this is the plant chosen for commercial extraction.

But nicotine is present in many foods in our daily lives, such as potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower and broccoli. In eggplants, the nicotine concentration is relatively high compared to other types of food, having 100 nanograms per gram, which may seem like a lot, but it would be necessary to eat 10 kg of eggplant to have the equivalent of a smoked cigarette.

Despite this, there are liquids

There is also synthetic nicotine, made in the laboratory, without the need for the plant, which removes any connection between electronic cigarettes and tobacco.

In Brazil, the consumption of electronic cigarettes occurs in a 100% illegal market, without any sanitary control.

This opens up the possibility of contamination and the use of substances unsuitable for consumption, with products that would never be sold in countries that regulate the market.

This is why it is so important to regulate trade, allowing products to be offered following sanitary quality standards, as is already the case in more than 100 countries.

Many doctors and health organizations in Brazil are against allowing the sale of electronic cigarettes and there are several reasons for this.

Doctors are people too

In general, doctors don’t know everything, no matter how much we want to think they do when entrusting our health to these professionals. They are contaminated by the same misinformation that people see in the media, with information out of context, if not incorrect. A clinical specialist will not be able to be 100% up to date on everything, especially outside of their area. A general practitioner, an ophthalmologist, psychologist or nutritionist.

The problem is greater when a pulmonology specialist is out of date on the topic, but this can also be due to the influence of medical associations and groups.

Associations and entities disseminate incorrect information

Doctors are in constant contact with medical associations and councils. These institutions have disseminated incorrect information to health professionals. A doctor may tell you that he considers vaping to be equal to or worse than cigarettes not because he has researched the subject, but because he has been told by some board of which he is a member that this is the case, without checking the sources.

Complete abstinence ideology

It is the doctor’s role to ensure the health of patients, but some professionals understand that abstinence is the only option. They simply do not accept that a less harmful, but still harmful, alternative could be the best path, even if there is scientific evidence and statistical data from countries that are benefiting from this option. This type of doctor will not support a solution that, even though it may be working and bringing excellent results, still poses some type of risk to the patient, no matter how small.

International lobby against vaping

Several health organizations are financed with multimillion-dollar international investments to lobby against the products.

General misinformation

Take the case of nicotine. The WHO – World Health Organization itself declares that nicotine does not cause cancer, but most Brazilian doctors think it does.

There is a great need for more information on the topic.

No research in Brazil

As in addition to trade, imports have also been prohibited since 2009, there is no legalized way of carrying out research on products in Brazil, making it necessary to search for scientific information abroad, which makes it difficult for many health professionals to monitor the topic. .